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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Baskets
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cupboards
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cupboards
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cupboards
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cupboards
Plastic
1990s French Modern Chairs
Plastic
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Lamps
Steel
2010s American Modern Music Stands
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and...
Brass, Metal, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal
2010s Vietnamese Scandinavian Modern Side Tables
Burl
2010s Mexican Brutalist Sideboards
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Stools
Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Resin, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Western European Rugs
Natural Fiber, Synthetic, Wool
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
2010s British Scandinavian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Walnut, Fabric, Bouclé
2010s Moroccan Arts and Crafts Pottery
Clay, Earthenware
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Plastic
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern More Desk Accessories
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Baskets
Metal
Vintage 1970s Decorative Baskets
Plastic
1990s Italian More Desk Accessories
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Decorative Baskets
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Plastic
Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Umbrella Stands
Plastic
Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Side Tables
Plastic
Early 2000s French Modern Vases
Crystal
Materials: Plastic Furniture
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.